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	<h2 style="text-align: center; color: white;">Malwarebytes</h2>

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			<h2>4. Advanced</h2>

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			This section explains the Malwarebytes settings.

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			<br><br><font class="sectionheader">Scan Settings</font>
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			Malwarebytes has nine scan settings as shown in Figure 4.1. These allow you to customize the scans.
				<div class="note">Note: Settings not covered are not available in the free version.</div>
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				<b>Figure 4.1:</b> Click the <b>Settings</b> tab, then <b>Scanner Settings</b>.<br>
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Scan Memory Objects</font><br>
					Scans items loaded into your computers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory" target="new">Random-access memory</a> (RAM).
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Scan Startup Objects</font><br>
					Scans items that load when Windows starts.
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Scan Registry Objects</font><br>
					Scans items in your computer's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry" target="new">Windows registry</a>.
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Scan Filesystem Objects</font><br>
					Scans items stored on your computer's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive" target="new">hard drive</a>.
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Scan Additional Items Against Heuristics</font><br>
					Scans items with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic_analysis" target="new">heuristic</a> approach.
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Enable Advanced Heuristics Engine</font><br>
					Enables a more agressive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic_analysis" target="new">heuristic</a> approach.
						<div class="note">Note: More likely to show a 
						<a href="http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/info/html/what.false.positive.html" target="new">false positive</a>. </div
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Action for Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP)</font><br>
					Sets PUP removal configuration.
					<div class="note">Note: PUP's are malware.</div>
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Action for Potentially Unwanted Modifications (PUM)</font><br>
					Sets PUM removal configuration.
						<div class="note">Note: PUM's are changes to Windows or other software created by malware.</div>
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Action for Peer-to-Peer Software (P2P)</font><br>
					Sets P2P removal configuration.
					<div class="note">Note: P2P software opens your computer to virus and malware infections.</div>
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			<br><br><font class="sectionheader">General Settings</font>
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			Malwarebytes has seven general settings as shown in Figure 4.2. These allow you to customize the software.
				<div class="note">Note: Settings not covered are not available in the free version.</div>
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				<b>Figure 4.2:</b> Click the <b>Settings</b> tab, then <b>General Settings</b>.<br>
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Terminate Internet Explorer During Threat Removal</font><br>
					Shuts down all running Internet Explorer windows while removing any infections. 
					<div class="note">Note: This ensures Internet Explorer does not prevent the removal 
						of malware or allow immediate reinfecton of your computer.</div>
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Anonymously report Usage Statistics</font><br>
					Sends information about how you use malwarebytes to the company that develops the software.
						<div class="note">Note: Does not send any personal information.</div>
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Create Right-Click Context Menu.</font><br>
					Creates the menu option shown in Figure 3.3 in <a href="basics.html#2">"Scan a File or Folder"</a>.
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Automatically Save Log File After Scan Completes</font><br>
					Saves the results of every scan in a text file.
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Open Log File Immediately After Saving</font><br>
					Opens the scan results log file when a scan completes.
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Warn if Database is Outdated</font><br>
					Sets how often to inform you of updates.
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					<font class="subsectionheader">Language</font><br>
					Changes all the text to the selected language.
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